从多系统年代学(Multi-System Geochronology)透视云开地块古生代-中生代的构造演化

云开地块位于华南板块南缘,经历了麻粒岩-高角闪岩相的高级变质作用,是华南地区为数不多的高级变质地体。研究表明,云开地块在古生代到中生代经历了复杂的构造演化过程,分别记录了早古生代末期、早中生代、晚中生代早期和晚中生代晚期的构造影响。这些构造事件在多系统年代学图上具有很好的表现,系统地揭示了云开地块的地质演化历史。     

云开地块周边断裂带的地质特征与构造演化

粤西云开地块周边断裂带包括吴川－四会断裂带、罗定－广宁断裂带和博白－岑溪断裂带。这些断裂带的雏形可能在加里东期已经形成，主要表现为断裂带侧沉积相的明显差异。海西印支期，由于桂东南地体Ｎ→ＳＥ向的碰撞拼贴，罗定－广宁断裂带被罗宁推覆构造的韧－脆性前锋断裂带所叠加和改造。     

云开地块印支期构造热事件叠加改造:来自片麻岩中多矿物U-Pb年代学的证据

云开地块显生宙的构造演化一直是华南板块的研究热点之一.通过对云开地块变质基底中片麻岩进行独居石、磷灰石和锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年,获得了434±6 Ma（MSWD=3.0）和437±12 Ma（MSWD=6.0）的岩浆锆石年龄,结合镜下观察,认为其代表的是片麻岩原岩（花岗质岩石）的形成时代,与区域上加里东期构造-岩浆-变质-深熔事件的时限基本一致,为武夷-云开加里东造山作用的产物;磷灰石经过普通铅校正后分别给出了241±13 Ma（MSWD=2.2）和242±6 Ma（MSWD=1.4）的变质年龄,独居石则分别获得了236.2±0.8 Ma（MSWD=0.66）和229.4±1.2 Ma（MSWD=2.4）的变质年龄,这些年龄结果与云开地块构造岩云母Ar-Ar年龄相一致,暗示云井地块经历了印支期（230~240 Ma）构造热事件的叠加改造.对片麻岩中黑云母电子探针数据分析显示其具有相对高的Al、Ti和Mg含量,X_Mg值为0.37~0.45,属于铁质黑云母,其Ti饱和温度计给出温度范围为650~700℃（±50℃）,与独居石估算温度580~640℃（±25℃）在误差范围内基本一致,暗示印支期构造热事件对云开地块的叠加改造温度达到了700℃.综上所述,认为云开地块现今的构造格局是在加里东期造山作用基础上叠加了印支期构造塑造而成,叠加温度可能达到了700℃;此外,在利用矿物对温压计恢复加里东期变质作用P-T轨迹时应着重考虑印支期构造热事件对矿物成分的再造作用.      

扬子地块东南缘多期构造变形及其油气意义

扬子地块的构造演化及其动力学机制约束着古生代海相油气成藏,而扬子地块东南缘的构造变形特征是理解整个扬子地块构造变形的关键所在.通过对武夷、云开和肇庆地区的构造特征研究,初步划分出扬子地块东南缘的三期重要变形①早古生代末期云开地区NW向剪切变形,武夷山地区ESE向剪切变形;②中生代早期云开、肇庆地区NE向逆冲推覆作用;③中生代晚期武夷山地区的脆性构造变形.在重新认识区内构造演化的基础上,对其动力学作了初步探讨.这些认识有助于今后中国南方碳酸盐岩含油气远景的评价.     

两广交界地区壶垌片麻状复式岩体的年代学和地球化学：对云开地块北缘早古生代构造-岩浆作用的启示

本文对两广交界地区发育的壶垌片麻状复式岩体进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年和岩石学、地球化学、Sr-Nd-Pb同位素的分析研究。该复式岩体主要由片麻状英云闪长岩、片麻状花岗闪长岩和片麻状二长花岗岩组成,获得片麻状花岗闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb谐和年龄为443.1±2.0Ma。其中片麻状英云闪长岩和片麻状花岗闪长岩总体具有较低硅(SiO2=62.92%~67.54%)、较低碱(K2O+Na2O=3.98%~5.17%)、准铝质(A/CNK=0.83~0.93)的化学组成特征,属于中钾含角闪石钙碱性花岗岩类(ACG);而片麻状二长花岗岩具有高硅(SiO2=71.55%~72.78%)、高碱(K2O+Na2O=6.65%~7.57%)、准铝-弱过铝质(A/CNK=0.92~1.05)的化学组成特征,属于高钾钙碱性花岗岩类(KCG)。岩石表现出富集大离子亲石元素(如U、Ba、Rb和Th)和轻稀土元素,而Nb、Ta和Ti等高场强元素和重稀土元素明显亏损,并具有较高的锶同位素初始比值((87Sr/86Sr)i=0.71268~0.71482)和较低的εNd(t)值(-9.4~-2.6),反映其具有俯冲消减作用形成的岛弧岩浆岩地球化学特征。结合区域地质特征分析认为,壶垌片麻状复式岩体很可能是在扬子板块和华夏板块之间的洋壳岩石圈向南俯冲的地球动力学背景下,引发软流圈地幔上涌,其所带来的热能诱发了岩石圈地幔和上覆云开地块的古老地壳物质重熔,形成以壳源为主的壳幔混源母岩浆,再经历不同程度分离结晶作用,从而形成了本区大陆边缘弧型岩浆岩。因此,壶垌片麻状复式岩体是云开地块北缘早古生代洋陆俯冲-碰撞的地质记录。     

从西南天山超高压变质带多期构造变形看天山古生代构造演化

通过对西南天山阿克雅孜和木扎尔特地区高压-超高压变质带构造几何学和岩石变形相关运动学的详细剖析,厘定出高压-超高压变质岩石及其相关围岩的构造单元。详细研究表明,研究区可划分为三个构造单元:北部单元、中部单元和南部单元。确定了每个构造单元的构造几何学特征及各个构造单元之间的相互关系。通过分析岩石变形特征和叠加关系,确定了岩石所记录多期变形的运动学特征。根据研究区的多期构造变形特点,建立了阿克雅孜和木扎尔特河地区构造演化序列。共划分出四期构造可识别的事件(E1-E4),分别代表了E1:高压-超高压岩石折返过程;E2:高压-超高压岩石造山带的早期改造过程;E3:北部构造事件对高压-超高压造山带影响;E4:走滑构造对高压-超高压造山带的叠加。沿造山带系列构造分析表明,西南天山高压-超高压带中发育的四期构造事件沿中天山北缘具有很好的一致性,各期构造事件也有一定的横向可对比性。在此基础上通过对多期变形事件的构造背景的探讨,建立了整个天山在古生代的构造拼合过程,揭示我国西部洋壳相关的深俯冲造山带形成过程和参与深俯冲作用(超)高压变质岩的变形变质历史。     

云开地块东缘寒武系-泥盆系不整合界面上下的碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学记录及对物源转换的响应

云开地块东缘粤西圭岗镇附近寒武系之上不整合覆盖一套灰白色石英砾岩-含砾砂岩,由于缺乏化石和年龄依据,这套岩石的时代长期存有争议.利用LA-ICP-MS U-Pb测年手段,对该套含砾碎屑沉积岩及其上下层位进行了U-Pb测年,4件样品共获得300组有效数据,年龄变化于2 900~400 Ma,不整合面之下样品主要集中于1 100~700 Ma,不整合面之上最年轻碎屑锆石年龄集中于450~400 Ma.新的测年数据结合前人研究成果表明,云开地块东缘不整合面下伏及上覆地层的时代分别为寒武纪和泥盆纪.研究区寒武纪时期物源特征与印度、东南极洲和澳大利亚西部相似,指示该时期研究区同冈瓦纳东北缘相连,物源来自东冈瓦纳北缘南极洲、印度地块和澳大利亚之间的造山带,而泥盆纪物源主要来自邻近的云开地块.寒武系和泥盆系之间的不整合面是早古生代郁南运动与广西运动叠加的产物.      

云开地块北缘构造带中变质基性火山岩的地球化学特征及其大地构造意义

对云开地块北缘构造带中变质基性火山岩的地质、地球化学综合研究结果证明,该区存在洋中脊型 (MORB)和岛弧型 (IAT)两类玄武岩.MORB型具有大体类似的地球化学性质,它们均含较低的 TiO2(0.80%～ 1.62%,平均值 1.50% )和 P2O5(0.05%～ 0.15%,平均值 0.13% ),轻稀土元素呈亏损-平坦型,具洋中脊玄武岩特征;而 IAT型含更低的 TiO2(0.47%～ 1.26%,平均值 0.80% )和 P2O5(0.04%～ 0.07%,平均值 0.06% ),轻稀土元素呈富集型,具岛弧型玄武岩特征.MORB和 IAT组合的出现说明位于华南板块西南端的广西云开地区在 Grenville期 (四堡期 )可能存在过洋盆,它们很可能代表了 Grenville期 (四堡期 )造山作用形成统一的 Rodinia超级大陆以前的一个"多岛洋盆"系统,华夏古陆和扬子板块可能在该古洋盆于新元古代早期发生的全球性 Grenville期 (四堡期 )造山运动而发生消减消失后才开始碰撞和造山,形成统一的 Rodinia超级大陆.     

伊犁地块北缘温泉地区托克赛岩组的构造变形与年代学研究及其地质意义

伊犁地块是中亚造山带西南缘的主要大陆块体之一,记录了新元古代‒古生代多期岩浆活动、复杂构造变形和高级变质作用,是研究天山乃至中亚造山带构造演化的理想场所。本文对位于伊犁地块北缘的温泉地区托克赛岩组中石榴角闪岩、花岗片麻岩、云母片岩、石英片岩和侵入其中的未变形花岗岩脉进行了详细的野外构造分析和岩相学观察,发现石榴角闪岩主要分布在一条近EW走向的韧性剪切带中,与其共生的花岗片麻岩、云母片岩和石英片岩均发生了强烈韧性变形,发育一致的陡立面理和近水平线理,运动学指示右旋走滑剪切变形。锆石U-Pb年代学研究显示,韧性变形的角闪岩中变质重结晶锆石具有453±4 Ma和414±4 Ma两个主要年龄值,其中前者与云母片岩中热液改造成因的锆石年龄(465±7 Ma)基本一致,代表这些岩石经历了高角闪岩相变质作用,该变质事件与温泉地区中奥陶世陆缘弧岩浆作用同期。角闪岩中较年轻的年龄峰值与石英片岩(408±3 Ma)和花岗片麻岩(399±7 Ma)中热液成因的锆石生长边,以及花岗岩脉(394±5 Ma)的年龄在误差范围内基本一致,代表了岩浆热液作用的时代,该事件与伊犁北缘泥盆纪岩浆弧花岗岩的侵入时代相当。同时,在角闪岩和花岗片麻岩中均获得了~900 Ma和~780 Ma两个年龄峰值,分别代表花岗片麻岩和角闪岩的原岩结晶时代。此外,石英片岩和云母片岩中锆石的核部还给出了~1135 Ma、~1286 Ma、~1517 Ma和~1725 Ma共4个中元古代的年龄峰值,代表其原岩物源区的岩浆事件。结合前人研究结果,笔者认为伊犁北缘温泉地区在463~443 Ma和423~395 Ma期间分别经历了两期俯冲相关的岩浆‒变质和岩浆‒热液事件,是认识准噶尔洋早古生代向伊犁地块俯冲作用的重要依据。     

Metamorphic evolution of the Sesia-Lanzo Zone,Western Alps: time constraints from multi-system geochronology

 The Sesia-Lanzo Zone is a polymetamorphic unit containing Hercynian granulite relics overprinted by eclogite and greenschist facies metamorphism and deformation during the Alpine orogeny. Different parts of the unit record different stages on the P-T-deformation evolution, allowing multi-system isotopic studies to unravel the precise timing of the metamorphic history. New Rb–Sr white mica and U–Pb sphene data constrain the age of eclogite facies metamorphism and deformation to 60–70 Ma. This substantially alters the common view of early- to mid-Cretaceous eclogite facies metamorphism in this unit. The new results are more consistent with the established geotectonic framework for the Alpine orogeny, since they do not require a prolonged period of depressed geothermal gradient at a time when the region was in extension. It is also more concordant with recent studies of other units that demonstrate post-Cretaceous high-pressure metamorphism. Step-heated ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar analysis of phengites yields good plateaux giving ages older than the corresponding Rb–Sr age. Such anomalously high ages indicate the presence of radiogenic argon-rich fluids in the grain boundary network under the fluid/pressure conditions acting during this high-pressure metamorphic event. The U–Pb sphene ages are variable in polymetamorphic rocks, and show inheritance of older Pb or sphene crystals into the high-pressure event. Two monometamorphic assemblages yield concordant ages at 66±1 Ma, reflecting crystallisation of the eclogite facies assemblage. The Gneiss Minuti Complex (GMC) lies structurally below the Eclogitic Micaschists, and its pervasive greenschist facies fabric yields tightly clustered Rb–Sr white mica ages at 38–39 Ma. This greenschist event did not affect the majority of the EMC. The ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar ages of micas formed at this time were very disturbed, whereas micas surviving from an earlier higher pressure assemblage had their ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar system reset. The greenschist event did not strongly affect U–Pb systematics in Hercynian age sphenes, suggesting that the GMC did not uniformly suffer an eclogite facies metamorphism during the Alpine cycle, but was juxtaposed against the EMC later in the orogeny. This model still requires that the locus of deformation and metamorphism (and possibly fluid flux) moved outboard with time, leaving the Sesia-Lanzo basement as a shear-bounded unreactive block within the orogenic wedge. Received: 12 October 1995/Accepted:25 June 1996     

华南云开高州紫苏花岗岩及其两类石榴石的成因：岩石学和锆石U-Pb年代学证据

云开地块早古生代的构造背景至今仍存有争论。对云炉-龙修一带出露的含石榴石紫苏花岗岩进行研究可为该区构造-变质演化提供重要制约。详细的岩相学研究表明紫苏花岗岩中存在两种成因的石榴石(石榴石Ⅰ和石榴石Ⅱ),并识别出该岩石保留了三阶段演化的矿物组合(M_1-M_3)。峰期前矿物组合(M_1)由紫苏辉石变斑晶中的包裹体矿物石榴石+黑云母+斜长石+钛铁矿+石英组成。峰期变质-深熔矿物组合(M_2)由基质中平衡共生的斑晶矿物石榴石Ⅰ+紫苏辉石+黑云母+石英+斜长石+钛铁矿构成。退变质矿物组合(M_3)以紫苏辉石和黑云母以及钛铁矿边部降温生成石榴石Ⅱ+石英冠状体("红眼圈")和黑云母+石英后成合晶为特征。传统地质温压计、平均温压法及在NCKFMASHTO模式体系下的相平衡模拟结果表明,紫苏花岗岩峰期前矿物组合形成条件为720℃/70kbar(M1),峰期变质-深熔结晶条件为835～810℃/65～58kbar(M_2),退变质条件为740℃/56kbar(M_3)。岩相观察和P-T计算结果表明紫苏花岗岩的形成可能反映了一条顺时针的P-T轨迹,且以峰期前略微减压并伴随明显的升温和峰期后具有近等压冷却(IBC)过程为特征。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学结果显示锆石核部加权平均年龄为～431Ma,锆石边部加权平均年龄为～243Ma。我们认为峰期深熔作用和岩浆结晶石榴石Ⅰ的形成可能发生于早古生代(加里东期),而晚期退变质作用和变质重结晶石榴石Ⅱ的形成可能发生在早中生代(印支期)。本研究也表明云开地区含石榴石紫苏花岗岩的形成与早古生代扬子和华夏陆块碰撞后抬升过程有紧密联系,并遭受了早中生代印支期构造热事件的明显叠加。     

柴北缘构造带深部岩石的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及微量元素研究:对全吉地块基底演化的启示

通过LA-ICP-MS方法对柴北缘全吉地块基底的斜长角闪岩和花岗闪长岩进行了锆石U-Pb年代学及锆石微区微量元素的研究。斜长角闪岩中的岩浆锆石上交点年龄为2 396±26 Ma,代表了锆石结晶的年龄,下交点为905±140 Ma,代表了锆石发生铅丢失事件的年龄。其岩浆锆石具有U/Yb较高(0.1~1),Hf值较低(10 000×10~(-6)),U值较低(150×10~(-6))的特点,显示其岩浆源区与富集地幔密切相关。在锆石微量元素判别图解中数据主要落在陆弧区和洋岛区,指示其形成的构造环境为弧后盆地。花岗闪长岩中岩浆锆石的加权平均年龄为484±21 Ma,岩浆锆石具有U/Yb较高(1)和U值较高(平均值为640×10~(-6))的特点,显示岩浆源区为典型陆壳。锆石微量元素判别图解显示其形成于陆弧。研究结果表明,全吉地块基底除前寒武纪岩石外,还包含早古生代的岩石组合。全吉地块基底内部岩石组合与形成时代的复杂性,与全吉地块经历的多次洋壳俯冲、陆陆碰撞密切相关。     

Stratigraphy and geochronology of Permo-Carboniferous strata in the Western North China Craton: Insights into the tectonic evolution of the southern Paleo-Asian Ocean

The Northwestern Ordos Terrane (NOT) in the Western North China Craton (W-NCC) comprises the northwestern Ordos Basin in the east and the eastern Alxa Massif in the west, bound by the Helanshan Tectonic Belt (HTB). The key position makes the NOT crucial for understanding the evolutionary processes of the W-NCC and particularly the tectonic relation of the Alxa Massif with the W-NCC. In this study, petrologic, stratigraphic and geochronologic studies were conducted on Permo-Carboniferous successions in the NOT. Stratigraphic correlation reveals that Carboniferous marine successions display a transgressive sequence with a slight westward-deepening facies variation, evidenced by the continuous onlap of tidal-flat layers toward the east. The Permian nonmarine strata in the HTB and the Ordos Basin have no substantial facies variation, defining an upward regressive sequence from deltaic to fluvial associations, while time-equivalent units in the eastern Alxa Massif have been eroded. The generally SSW-directed paleocurrents suggest that Permo-Carboniferous siliciclastic materials were derived from a highland to the northeast. The unified sedimentary system in the NOT constrains the Alxa Massif to be part of the W-NCC. The Lower Carboniferous sandstone contain zircons with a concentrated age cluster of 1700–2700 Ma, comparable to Archean to Paleoproterozoic crystalline basement in the northern W-NCC. By contrast, in addition to zircons of 1700–2700 Ma, Late Carboniferous and Permian sandstones all contain abundant Paleozoic zircons with two age clusters around ~300 Ma and ~420 Ma, which are similar to age patterns of Paleozoic magmatism in the northern W-NCC. Zircon age profile and sandstone modal composition indicate the origin from an Andean-type continental arc. The Permo-Carboniferous tectono-sedimentary processes of the NOT should occur in a marginal basin behind the continental arc along the northern W-NCC in response to the southward subduction of Solonker Ocean, southern branch of Paleo-Asian Ocean.     

海南岛二叠纪—三叠纪构造演化：源自岩浆岩和变质岩同位素年代学和地球化学的约束

本文对海南岛广泛出露的中-酸性花岗质岩体和中—高级变质岩开展了系统的岩石学、年代学、地球化学及Lu-Hf同位素研究,识别出270～259 Ma和242 Ma两期岩浆事件和251～248 Ma变质-深熔事件。270～259 Ma岩浆岩包括花岗(石英)闪长岩和含石榴子石花岗岩。花岗(石英)闪长岩为准铝质I型花岗岩,锆石ε_Hf(t)值变化较大,Mg^#和CaO/Na₂O比值较高,Rb/Sr比值较低,起源于玄武质下地壳,并存在少量幔源岩浆的混入;含石榴子石花岗岩为典型的强过铝质S型花岗岩,锆石ε_Hf(t)值为负,CaO/Na₂O比值较高,源岩主要为壳源贫黏土的碎屑岩。它们均富集LREEs(轻稀土元素)和LILEs(大离子亲石元素),明显亏损HFSEs(高场强元素),显示出与洋壳俯冲相关的岛弧岩浆岩的地球化学特征,形成于大陆弧背景下。251～248 Ma变质-深熔事件与区域上广泛分布的壳源S型花岗岩和韧性剪切变形同期,推测为一期弧-陆碰撞造山事件。242 Ma花岗岩为A₂     

Tectonometamorphic evolution of Seram and Ambon,eastern Indonesia: Insights from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

The island of Seram, eastern Indonesia, experienced a complex Neogene history of multiple metamorphic and deformational events driven by Australia–SE Asia collision. Geological mapping, and structural and petrographic analysis has identified two main phases in the island's tectonic, metamorphic, and magmatic evolution: (1) an initial episode of extreme extension that exhumed hot lherzolites from the subcontinental lithospheric mantle and drove ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism and melting of adjacent continental crust; and (2) subsequent episodes of extensional detachment faulting and strike-slip faulting that further exhumed granulites and mantle rocks across Seram and Ambon. Here we present the results of sixteen ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar furnace step heating experiments on white mica, biotite, and phlogopite for a suite of twelve rocks that were targeted to further unravel Seram's tectonic and metamorphic history. Despite a wide lithological and structural diversity among the samples, there is a remarkable degree of correlation between the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages recorded by different rock types situated in different structural settings, recording thermal events at 16 Ma, 5.7 Ma, 4.5 Ma, and 3.4 Ma. These frequently measured ages are defined, in most instances, by two or more ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages that are identical within error. At 16 Ma, a major kyanite-grade metamorphic event affected the Tehoru Formation across western and central Seram, coincident with ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism and melting of granulite-facies rocks comprising the Kobipoto Complex, and the intrusion of lamprophyres. Later, at 5.7 Ma, Kobipoto Complex rocks were exhumed beneath extensional detachment faults on the Kaibobo Peninsula of western Seram, heating and shearing adjacent Tehoru Formation schists to form Taunusa Complex gneisses. Then, at 4.5 Ma, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages record deformation within the Kawa Shear Zone (central Seram) and overprinting of detachment faults in western Seram. Finally, at 3.4 Ma, Kobipoto Complex migmatites were exhumed on Ambon, at the same time as deformation within the Kawa Shear Zone and further overprinting of detachments in western Seram. These ages support there having been multiple synchronised episodes of high-temperature extension and strike-slip faulting, interpreted to be the result of Western Seram having been ripped off from SE Sulawesi, extended, and dragged east by subduction rollback of the Banda Slab.     

Zircon U–Pb geochronology of gneissic rocks in the Yunkai massif and its implications on the Caledonian event in the South China Block

This paper presents new zircon U–Pb data and interpretations for the gneissic rocks in the Yunkai massif in order to constrain the timing and evolution of the Caledonian tectonothermal event in the South China Block (SCB). Magmatic and inherited zircons from the orthogneiss in the region, previously thought to be of Precambrian origin, yielded ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U apparent ages of 421–441 Ma and 513–1343 Ma, respectively. Also a weighted mean ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U age of 236.0 ± 3.1 Ma was obtained, interpreted as the metamorphic resetting age during the Indosinian tectonic event. Our analyses show that the paragneiss in the region, previously regarded as Proterozoic sedimentary rocks, contains detrital zircons of the Archaean to Paleozoic origin, of which the youngest zircons yielded the U–Pb age of  423 Ma. These data indicate that (1) the Proterozoic and Archaean components may exist beneath the Yunkai massif; (2) most of the metaigneous rocks are actually the Caledonian anatectic granites possibly overprinted by Indosinian ( 236 Ma) reactivation; (3) some paragneiss might have originally deposited during the Devonian time; and (4) a subsequently rapid uplifting took place after the emplacement of the Caledonian granites, revealed by the observation that the Devonian clastic strata uncomfortably overlie the Caledonian granites. In combination with other geochronological data and geological observations throughout the SCB, we propose that the Caledonian tectonothermal event around Silurian ( 450–400 Ma) might be a result from an intracontinental collision between the Yangtze and Cathaysian blocks in response to the subduction/collision between the North China block and SCB.     

Petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of Lianyunshan complex,South China: Insights on Neoproterozoic and late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the central Jiangnan Orogen

The Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks in South China are separated by the ca. 1500 km long Jiangnan Orogen. The Lianyunshan complex, located in the central segment of Jiangnan Orogen, includes wide exposures of late Mesozoic granites. Here we report geological, geochronological and geochemical data from the Lianyunshan late Mesozoic granites and their Neoproterozoic host rocks belonging to the Lengjiaxi Group. Detrital zircon U–Pb ages reveal a single prominent peak at ca. 840 Ma in the metamorphosed and deformed Lengjiaxi Group samples. Ten of the youngest zircon grains in these rocks have a weighted mean age of 828.8 ± 7.1 Ma, which is tentatively interpreted as the maximum depositional age of the Lengjiaxi Group. Two stages of late Mesozoic S-type granites are dated at ca. 150 Ma and ca. 140 Ma from the Lianyunshan domain. From early to late, these rocks show decreasing MgO, CaO, Fe₂O₃^T, TiO₂ contents and increasing SiO₂, K₂O, Eu/Eu*, Rb/Sr ratios and differentiation index, suggesting continuous magmatic evolution dominated by fractional crystallization. The εHf(t) values of zircons with late Mesozoic ages are all negative, with their two-stage model ages mainly ranging from 1.9 to 1.4 Ga, which is significantly different from the model age of the host rocks belonging to the Lengjiaxi Group. These results indicate that the late Mesozoic granites were mainly derived from the partial melting of Paleo-Mesoproterozoic basement rocks that are older than Lengjiaxi Group. Major and trace element features suggest that the protoliths of these early stage granites in Lianyunshan are probably mixed greywacke and shale. The arc-like trace elements signature of all the late Mesozoic granites were possibly inherited through crustal contamination during the magma genesis caused by slab rollback associated with Paleo-Pacific subduction during 150- to 140 Ma beneath the central Jiangnan belt.     

Geodynamic evolution of the western Tien Shan,Uzbekistan: Insights from U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope mapping of granitoids

Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope mapping combined with U-Pb zircon SHRIMP ages of granitoids from four sampling profiles across terrane boundaries in Uzbekistan reveal distinct reservoir types (cratonic and accretionary), witnessed by the diverse nature and origin of the predominant Paleozoic granitic magmatism that provided hosts for major ore-bodies. The study region comprises four major terranes, including 1) the Sultan-Uvais terrane, 2) the Kyzylkum-Nurata Segment and 3) the Gissar Segment of the South Tien Shan and 4) the Chatkal-Kurama terrane of the Middle Tien Shan. Sr-Nd isotope analyses show a wide range of εNdt (− 5 to + 7) and (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)t of 0.704–0.707, indicating involvement of both mantle-derived material and older crustal sources. A wide range of Hf-isotope compositions found in zircons of Chatkal-Kurama granites, Middle Tien Shan (εHf mainly ~ − 5 to + 5), could be due to recycling of older crustal protolith(s); in particular, the earliest (Silurian) granites may be directly derived from 1.5 to 1.7 Ga lower crust. In the Southern Tien Shan, some involvement of subducted oceanic crust is evidenced by strongly juvenile εHft values of up to + 14 and + 16 (Sultan-Uvais, Teskuduk-Kyzylkum). Permo-Carboniferous granitoids, which occur across all terranes also exhibit a wide range of isotope signatures, corresponding to Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic crustal protoliths with a westward increase in juvenile contributions. Pb isotopes (whole-rock) imply the dominance of a crustal component and crust-mantle mixing processes. New age data confirmed: 1) old age of the Turkestan Ocean (505 Ma in Sultan-Uvais), 2) fragments of Silurian island arcs in the accretionary complex of the Chatkal-Kurama terrane (granites of 429–416 Ma) and in the upper allochthon of the South Tien Shan (gabbro 438 Ma in Tamdytau), and 3) a significant volume of granitoid magmatism of subduction or early-collisional stages (around 320–310 Ma) in the Chatkal-Kurama Segment and especially in the Gissar Segment. The westernmost part of the Tien Shan is characterized by multiple subduction processes responsible for 300 million years of geodynamic evolution history (accretionary collage, crustal growth) with the pre-Mesozoic crust formation concluded by Permian post-collisional extensional magmatism.